At least you won't need to worry about that IKON pass...
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Possible move to Florida from CA
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Go for it. You can live really well on $400k/year in South Florida. Getting some equity in the company is also nice. The Miami area has good food, and there are so many places to travel to that are short flights away.
Quit surfing now, ask me how. Build up those air miles, you’ll need them. This advice is age dependent. Take it from someone that spent 15 years in Texas between age 25 and 40, then “retired”, which isn’t possible under today’s economic situation with even a good paying job. Two weeks of surfing someplace with real waves/year isn’t going to get you there. On the other hand the fishing in south Florida can be outstanding. Buy a boat and gear, that’ll fix ya.
tough call. That’s a fine living even in a relatively pricey Florida city. I‘m thinking you could have a lot of fun, make a bunch of money, sock some away (and spend a bunch) take lots of surf trips (none of this two weeks a year, you will want 4-6 trips of varying durations at least ,and you will be able to do that SO easily from MIA)
and if you score a couple of those random surreal overhead hollow south beach days, well, so much the better
and if you score a couple of those random surreal overhead hollow south beach days, well, so much the better
I mean who would want to leave Los Angeles and all that it has to offer?
Sounds like an interesting opportunity and nothing is permanent if it doesn’t work out. It’s not a prison sentence. You can alway quit and move back.
Sounds like an interesting opportunity and nothing is permanent if it doesn’t work out. It’s not a prison sentence. You can alway quit and move back.
Florida’s one of the few places where you can collect seashells 50 miles inland.
How old are you? At that salary you could grind and save heaps and then check ouf for a few years and surf and figure out whats next for you?
Not going to get these "surf years" back -
Not going to get these "surf years" back -
"Not going to get these "surf years" back"
Good advice right there.
Good advice right there.
I just turned 56 - I have enough money now to live good and never work again - house in LA is paid off - just sold my house in CO for $750k w no debt on the property - my ex-wife basically kidnapped my kid and took him to CO to live with her new boyfriend so thats why I had 2 house for the last 15 years - he is off to College now at the university of Georgia) - I thought I was going to retire - do a few consulting gigs here and there and cruz around in my camper and surf. What I am finding is that the lest I have to do - the less I do. I need a purpose and this position could give me that purpose. I know it sounds stupid but I do not think I am ready to retire yet. really appreciate the advice here - its your classic mid life crisis. the grass is always greener
You have accomplished a lot and what you are describing is the same situation many of my highly accomplished friends are in - have the cash to split but cant get the over achieving brain to calm down
Fortunately I dont have that problem, but unfortuanelty I dont have your bank account
Was laughing about this dilemma with a hugely successful friend and he said i should be a life coach to people like him to teach them how to sit under a coconut tree and watch the world go by and be totally content
Just dont buy a convertible yellow mustang
Fortunately I dont have that problem, but unfortuanelty I dont have your bank account
Was laughing about this dilemma with a hugely successful friend and he said i should be a life coach to people like him to teach them how to sit under a coconut tree and watch the world go by and be totally content
Just dont buy a convertible yellow mustang
20 years ago, i couldn't wait to retire... ffwd to today, nah.... just chapters of life.
go for broke! my 2 cents.
avoid budget carriers from MIA/FFL, or in general - made that mistake once and never again, three dudes in flops with white socks doin shots the whole flight and a woman with i think a live chicken in her bag mumbling the whole time. never. ever. again.
go for broke! my 2 cents.
avoid budget carriers from MIA/FFL, or in general - made that mistake once and never again, three dudes in flops with white socks doin shots the whole flight and a woman with i think a live chicken in her bag mumbling the whole time. never. ever. again.
Doesn't sound like a negative overachiever issue to me, just that you have a strong work ethic, lots of ideas, and a desire to do/create. Sounds like you could do with this challenge, and you'd be close to your son too. (Full marks, btw, for the CO house effort.)
I had this dilemma before you knew what a dilemma is, although you’ve done it in a more admirable fashion.You have accomplished a lot and what you are describing is the same situation many of my highly accomplished friends are in - have the cash to split but cant get the over achieving brain to calm down
Fortunately I dont have that problem, but unfortuanelty I dont have your bank account
Was laughing about this dilemma with a hugely successful friend and he said i should be a life coach to people like him to teach them how to sit under a coconut tree and watch the world go by and be totally content
Just dont buy a convertible yellow mustang
I did it at 40, but arguably not in waves of more than occasional consequence like you have.
There’s a huge difference between 40 and 56 even if you’ve been surfing good waves on the regular. Find something comfortable for now and move on.
Florida? GTFO. En quinto velocidad.
Move to Florida. Take up foiling and wing foiling. You will wonder why you ever sat in crowded LA lineups. (this is a serious answer btw)
For a little bit more context to the post. This podcast follows a guys journey of learning to foil. He lived in Costa Rica and surfed empty waves all time. He had to move to Florida for real life issues. He's happier foiling in Florida than ever and doesn't even care to travel to find waves. Foiling will seriously change your outlook on surfing.
progressionproject.com
For a little bit more context to the post. This podcast follows a guys journey of learning to foil. He lived in Costa Rica and surfed empty waves all time. He had to move to Florida for real life issues. He's happier foiling in Florida than ever and doesn't even care to travel to find waves. Foiling will seriously change your outlook on surfing.
The Progression Project | Foiling, Flow and The Learning Process
progressionproject.com
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I have thought long and hard about this same senario.
I'm in the same boat so I'm just going to keep working as long as I can find a way to keep it fun. It hasn't been much fun lately so I need to remedy that.
On to the concept of retirement..
I have decided (for me anyway) that you have to make it like a job.
You can't wake up and wonder what you will do that day.. you have to already know what you are going to do that day and have a plan on what you are going to do.
Otherwise you are just sitting on the sidelines with no purpose and that's not fun.
My brother moved to FL, he stays inside the house much of the day from May - Sept., but winters are nice, almost like coastal San Diego in the summer. He also said his IQ relative to the rest of the population is a lot higher than it was in SD. I went to visit, a lot of big pickups with "Let's Go Brandon" stickers. This is south of Melbourne.